Bean-Shaped Pillow with Peony Scrolls

Bean-Shaped Pillow with Peony Scrolls

Northern Song dynasty, (960–1127), early 12th century · China

Cizhou ware; stoneware, slip-coated, with underglaze sgraffito (cut-slip) decoration

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Gift of Russell Tyson

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